Relationship satisfaction among Turkish and British adults

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 628-640

  Celenk, Ozgur ^a   van de Vijver, Fons J R ^a,b   Goodwin, Robin ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Relationship satisfaction; Turkey; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052851913     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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